Self-tapping spigot.



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(Application filed Oct. 5, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. ANTILL, OF SMITH FERRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SELF-TAPPING SPIGOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,223, dated December31, 1901.

Application filed October 5, 1900.

To all whom it natty concern.-

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN F. ANTILL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Smith Ferry, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSelf-Tapping Spigots, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inself-tapping spigots, and has for its object the provision of novelmeans whereby a spigot may be easily inserted into abarrel, keg, orcask.

The invention has for its further object to bore and ream a bung-holesimultaneously with inserting the spigot, and, furthermore, to providemeans whereby a removable handle may be inserted in the spigot in orderto obtain sufficient leverage to bore the bunghole into the head of thebarrel.

The invention still further consists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate correspondin g parts throughout theseveral views, in which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of myim'provedspigot, showing the same secured in the head of a barrel, the latterbeing partly broken away and shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectionalview of my improved spigot. Fig. 3 is a top planview thereof.

In the drawings the reference-numeral l indicates the barrel, and 2 thehead thereof. 3 indicates the spigot, having arranged at its forward endan opening 4, which is adapted to receive a removable handle 5.

The reference-numeral 6 indicates a valve, and 7 the screw-threaded tap,the end of said Serial No, 32,076, (No model.)

tap being closed, as shown at 8, and having formed at its sides openings9. At the end of the tap is rigidly secured an anger 10,

adapted to bore the bung-hole into the head 0 of the barrel.

The operation of'my improved spigot is as follows: The removable handleis first inserted in the opening 4 and the bit of the auger forced intothe head of the barrel, there 5 5 by forming a bung-hole, which will beengaged by the screw-threads formed on the tap and then driven home tothe desired point.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved spigot will bereadily appar taining malt liquors or other liquors charged withcarbonic acid gas or the like.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my inventionas claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination witha spigot, an upwardly-- extending flange,substantially triangular made integral with the forward end of saidspigot,- the sides of said flange being fiat, the edges of said sidesbeing at right angles to one another, the third side of said flange conforming in shape to and made integral with the forward end of saidspigot,the said flange having an aperture formed in its forward upperend, a removable handle adapted to engage the said aperture, and anauger secured to the rear end of said spigot, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. ANTILL. Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND,

H. C. EvERT.

